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HAHA
*hits imaginary Like button*

"...especially the fact that it is free".
Free, like basically all forums on the internet, you mean?
Everybody knows that the true value in this forum is not the 1998 interface, but the user-base and wisdom. There wouldn't BE a radar (and hence revenue stream) for DA if you guys weren't here offering up YOUR advice for free in the first place. So, why not just have the balls and principle to say that you want and deserve a proper forum - one which would cost the site founders little, or nothing to implement?
It would just take a few people who pay money through the radar to start speaking up about this and make a positive change, one in favour of good, efficient design. Surely that should be a principle of design addicts and aficionados - rather than playing into some perceived website politics, overly-sensitive to the founder's interests and not wanting to rock the boat lest you lose some kind of favour or trading influence on this restricted little marketplace?
Come on guys, it's the elephant in the room, and it's a farce. And yes I do remember bringing this up before. So sort it out, lest we end up having this conversation in 2018 when this tiny interface reaches 20. It's only six years away...

"hits imaginary Like button"
the "like" button and all the other potential forum functions being imaginary at this point, of course.

My
*like button* comment was ironic...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony

What
exactly is wrong with the interface?
I use several fora and every one of them has newcomers unable to post photos; it's a common internet phenomena.
I, for one, like the no bells and whistles look and feel of the forum; the website, as a whole, I really like.
Which is why I visit.
If I didn't, I wouldn't be here.

Lit Up, the average age on...
Lit Up, the average age on here is right around 50 years old.
These geezers probably think this forum is built on the same technology the Space Shuttle is. They enjoy being exploited by the owners of design addict and the owners love that the majority of their traffic comes from user-generated content and not their web design that looks like it was made by a highschool graphic design student in 1997.
The owners are also quick to claim that they offer a free service, that you should be grateful for it and that they would "need to sell pieces from their collection" in order to update the website which is of course a bunch of bullshit.
A forum upgrade would cost ZERO dollars and would require less maintenance than the current set up.

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A lot of inaccuracies in...
A lot of inaccuracies in some comments.
Here are some answers to your questions.
Is the forum technologically dated?
Yes
Is it functional as it is?
Yes
Do we need to add unnecessary gadgets (avatars, emoticons ...)?
No
Do we plan to make changes soon?
Yes
Are there any inexpensive or free forum modules that are more efficient than our current tool?
Yes
Is it easy and inexpensive to transfer the current contents of the forum (more than 15,200 threads) in a new software?
No
Is it true that Design Addict website doesn't deliver any dynamic content?
False (and ridiculous)
How much do you think is invested back into the site infrastructure and design?
Put a figure with 5 zero here.
The hosting fees/server costs must be minuscule??
No secret. It's about 300 euros/month.

'Like'
Not that i'm really interested, but it's good of you to spell it out for us in the open.
Thanks, Patrick & Alix.